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BOX, table lamp

Creator: Julio Martínez Barnetche
Offered by: Marion Friedmann Gallery

Description
Sculptural table lamp in directly carved basalt, gold leaf and plastered with Jicorite pigment. This basalt is a volcanic stone from the famous Popocatépetl volcano, the last active volcano in Mexico. Designed and crafted by artist and stone master Julio Martínez Barnetche.
Apart from their functional purpose as a light source, the piece is a sculptural artwork and high craft, carved by hand in a highly laborious process.

Julio Martínez Barnetche (b. 1974, México City) is a Méxican stone sculptor and designer working precious and semiprecious stones. His oeuvre entails not only sculpture, but also furniture in special wood, stone and metal combinations, jewellery, as well as tableware and cooking devices in volcanic stone. Martinez Barnetche works precious and semi-precious stones, wood and metals, moving easily between pure sculpture, furniture and objects. He often takes his materials as he encounters them naturally. In the case of the wood, he finds it in nature, in the garden of friends or from architectural salvage sites.

More Information

Documentation:	Certificate of Authenticity
Origin:	Mexico
Period:	New
Materials:	Direct carving in basalt, gold leaf and plastered with Jicorite pigment
Condition:	New.
Creation Date:	2014
Styles / Movements:	Modern, Contemporary, Collectible Design
Incollect Reference #:	580825

Dimensions

W.	7.87 in;	H.	23.62 in;	D.	11.81 in;
W.	20 cm;	H.	60 cm;	D.	30 cm;

Message from Seller:

Marion Friedmann Gallery launched in 2011 in London and merges a penchant for the avant-garde with a passion to celebrate and promote the most remarkable emerging and established contemporary designers. The gallery represents eclectic & eccentric collectible design with a special interest in`Materiality ́as well as in pieces with a positive environmental message. The objects range from furniture, lighting, objets d`art, jewelry and sculpture. We develop bespoke and special commissions.